Spray attachment for hose nozzles



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2 Claims.

This invention has to do with spray nozzles and while not necessarilylimited thereto the same is particularly directed to a spray attachmentfor a garden hose nozzle which is adapted to be detachably associatedtherewith for varying and directing the stream of water issuingtherefrom.

While the common types of garden hose noz-f zles are provided withadjustable valve means for producing a iine spray, they are open to theobjection that when the valve means is so adjusted the volume of waterflowing from the hose is materially reduced and thus requires an eX-tended period of time for completing the watering operation, while thespray assumes a widely scattered conical form, the direction of whichcannot be properly controlled.

The present invention comprehends an attachment for a hose nozzle whichis so constructed as to provide means arranged thereon for intersectingthe stream of water issuing from the nozzle and for deflecting the samedownwardly and laterally into a fan shaped spray without reducing themaximum volume of water `flowing from the hose.

The invention further contemplates an attachment of the indicatedcharacter which includes a blade having resilient clamping engagementwith :and rocking movement relative to the nozzle and wherein the bladeis adjustable so as to vary the angularity thereof and the degree ofdeflection of the water issuing from the nozzle.

As a further feature the invention provides an attachment of theindicated character wherein the dector blade may be set and retained atvarious angles and which is so constructed as to permit of the bladebeing manually retracted and held out of intersecting relation to thestream of water so that when released the blade returns to the setadjusted position.

Other objects of the invention reside in the provision of an improvedspray attachment for hose nozzles which is extremely simple in its con-.struction and mode of operation, which may be economically produced andwhich may be readily associated with or removed from the hose nozzlewithout requiring the use of tools or requiring .any alteration to theconstruction of the nozzle.

With the above enumerated and other objects in View, the invention isset forth in greater detail in the following specification andillustrated :in the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a hose nozzle 'with a spray attachmentconstructed in accord- :ance with the invention associated therewith.

blade I0.

ment shown in longitudinal section and illustrating in full and dottedlines the deector blade in active and inactive positions.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view through the hose nozzle with thespray attachment applied thereto, the same being taken on the line 3-3of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing by characters of reference, A designates ahose, B a hose nozzle and C generally the spray attachment.

The spray attachment C includes a delector blade I Q which is hereinshown as of rectangular conguration, but which may be of any desiredshape and which is preferably constructed of sheet metal and formed withan integral rearwardly directed shank II of reduced width and extendingmedially from the rear edge of the The shank II adjacent its juncturewith the blade is provided with a pair of resilient fingers I2 dependingfrom the opposite side edges of the shank and dening a spring clampadapted to mount the deiiector blade for rocking movement relative tothe nozzle. The free lower terminals I3 of the spring fingers I2 aredirected outwardly t'o provide a flared entrance mouth for facilitatingthe engagement of the lingers in straddling relation to the nozzle.

The spring fingers I2, as illustrated, are preferably formed integralwith each other and joined by a connecting or bight portion I4 overlyingor underlying the shank II and secured thereto by afrivet I5 or otherequivalent fastening means. The shank II adjacent its free rear end isformed with a threaded opening I6 and f receives therethrough thethreaded stem Il of a set screw I8, which stem is adapted to bear at itslower end on the hose nozzle B. By rotating the set screw in oppositedirections, the shank I I is swung upwardly and downwardly to rock thedeflector blade I0 relative to the hose nozzle B, the outlet end of thehose nozzle serving as a fulcrum against which the blade is maintainedin contact by the clamping action of the spring fingers with theopposite sides of the hose nozzle. As the shank Il is swung downwardlyby r rotation of the set screw in one direction, the de- Fg. 2 is a sideView .thereof with the attach- 55 flector blade IIJ is correspondinglyswung upwardly and conversely, as the shank II is swung upwardly, thedeflector blade is swung downwardly thus permitting of adjustment tovary the angularty of the deflector blade and the degree of deflectionof the water issuing from the hose nozzle. As the stream of waterissuing from the hose nozzle strikes the lower face of the deflectorblade IU, it is deflected downwardly and laterally into a fan shapedspray, the direction of which may be properly controlled by the operatorso as to avoid contact of the Water with the blossoms or owers on bushesand shrubs. Due to the disposition of the deflector blade inintersecting relation to the stream of water issuing from the nozzle,the maximum volume of water may be permitted to flow from the nozzle soas to accomplish the Watering operation in a minimum of time.

When the deector blade is disposed in interseating relation to thestream of water issuing from the hose nozzle, it may be temporarilyswung to an inactive out-of-the-way position, as illustrated in dottedlines in Fig. 2, by manually depressing the rear end of the shank Il toelevate the deiiector blade by employing the lower end of the set screwstem as a fulcrum. The resiliency of the fingers l2 permits of thisrocking movement as the same are spread apart and placed under tensionso as to serve as means for returning the delector blade to the normalfull line position after the manual pressure is released from the rearend of the shank I I.

What is claimed is:

1. A spray attachment for hose nozzles including a deflector bladehaving a rearwardly extending shank and adapted to be disposed in thepath of the Water stream issuing from the nozzle, and means fordetachably mounting said blade upon the hose nozzle for longitudinalrocking adjustments relative thereto consisting of a pair of resilientiingers depending from opposite side edges of the shank for clampinglyengaging the hose nozzle and a set screw extending through said shankrearwardly of the fingers With the inner end of the screw depending fromthe shank and bearing upon the hose nozzle for rocking the blade on theouter end of the nozzle so as to adjust the angularity of the blade andthereby regulate the degree of deilection of the water.

2. A spray attachment for a hose nozzle including a deiiector blade, apair of resilient fingers depending therefrom for clamping engagementwith the hose nozzle for mounting said blade for longitudinal rockingadjustments with reference to the nozzle in the path of the water streamissuing from the hose nozzle outlet so as to Vary the angularity of theblade and regulate the degree of deflection of the Water, and meanscarried .by said deflector blade and adapted to bear against the hosenozzle for effecting longitudinal rocking adjustment of the blade andfor retaining the same in adjuster positions, said blade and mountingmeans being so constructed and arranged as to permit of manual movementand retention of the blade in a position out-ofthe-path of the waterstream and the automatic return of said blade to its active adjusteddeflecting position.

ALBERT JOHNSON.

